Definitions for deification

deification de·i·fi·ca·tion

Spelling: [dee-uh-fi-key-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌdi ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Deification is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 613 anagrams from letters in deification (acdefiiinot).

Definitions for deification

noun

  1. the act of deifying.
  2. the state of being deified.
  3. the result of deifying:

Origin of deification

1350-1400; Middle English deificacion Late Latin deificātiōn- (stem of deificātiō), equivalent to deificāt(us) (past participle of deificāre; deific(us) deific + -ā

Examples for deification

It is absurd to quarrel with Milton's deification of the Judaic Jehovah.

Which was the more worthy of deification—the yoni, or the phallus?

The deification of heroes changed into the canonization of saints.

This knowledge is a supernatural gift, which (in the Poimandres) confers ‘deification’.

But a fearful Nemesis follows the deification and adoration of them.

Again (p. 351), 'Totemism' (as opposed to fetichism), 'is a deification of classes.'

On the other hand, the result of the transformation in Hermes is deification.

From this view of the dead to the deification of the latter is but a short step.

One has heard of deification, but what on earth does gourdification mean?

Finally, as a Zionist, this deification of trauma appalls me.

Word Value for deification
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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